Kas sighed softly, closing his eyes. He was absolutely exhausted; he hadn't been sleeping well for ages, and he hadn't gotten any sleep at all the previous night. "I guess so…"
Mori looked up at Tohru worriedly, feeling pretty hazy himself. "Mr. Tohru? Are you okay?" He asked. "You're shaking…"
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A little breathless, Tohru drew his hands closer to his body to make the shaking stop.
"Yeah, I'm alright, Mori," he replied, plastering a smile on his face.
He leaned against the couch for better support.
What do I do? I can't sleep, there's barely any food to speak of… I can't just speak up about it if there's nothing to be done…
Kas glanced up at Mori's comment, training his blurry eyes onto Tohru. "I can't see all that well, but from what I can tell, you don't look very okay. Go eat something, I dunno. Health isn't exactly my strong suit."
Mori got to his feet unsteadily and wandered over to Tohru, still looking pretty worried.
"Mori, go sit back down, you need to rest," Tohru said softly, running a hand through his hair.
"And eat what, exactly? We don't have anything hardly, and the kids here need food more than the adults do. We can at least go longer… I don't feel at my best, but I'll be okay."
Mori whined softly in protest. "Miss Rachel has fruit snacks I think! Both of them seem to have some food. You gotta eat something, Mr. Tohru."
Kas nodded weakly in agreement and closed his eyes again, yawning. "Yeah… what the goth kid said."
(Levi's been on the floor in the other room this whole time cause I haven't been online to move him)
Levi woke up with a jolt, sitting up immediately. He glanced around, no one was there, they'd all left him asleep on the floor. "Ah shit. Thanks guys." He managed to say, his throat as dry as a bone.
He stumbled into the room with Tohru and Kas, eyes half closed, holding his hurt arm gently with the other. "Is it morning or am I dead?" He asked, still mostly asleep.
(Oop-)
(Oopsie lmao)
Tohru whipped around, glad to see that Levi was finally up.
"Oh good, you're up," he said, getting to his feet unsteadily, "Probably needed the rest, huh? How're you feeling?"
"Who are you…?" Kas looked over his shoulder at Levi, blinking tiredly. "You guys really do have a lot of people with you, huh?" He sighed and curled back up on the couch. Mori waved to Levi, swaying where he stood.
"We um… we met at a survivor outpost yesterday," Tohru explained, "Most of us were alone or in pairs before."
He looked down at his feet, finding himself a bit beyond just uncomfortable physically. A slight tightness had worked its way into his stomach and up into his chest.
"Mm… I don't think I went to whatever survivors' outpost. I've been surviving fine." Kas coughed weakly and curled in on himself, hugging his stomach. "I-I can hunt and cook for myself and stuff."
"I had Mori with me, so it was especially important that we stocked up on more supplies and maybe found some other people to travel with," Tohru explained, "Traveling alone is hard, but traveling in pairs is brutal. You really depend on each other."
Mori nodded a bit. "Yeah… I was alone for a while, but I didn't really do great. My traps only worked about half the time…" He sighed and leaned against Tohru, closing his eyes so that the light wouldn't hurt them.
Kas shrugged a bit. "I was alright on my own. It's definitely nice to not have to worry about the wellbeing of another person."
"I'll admit, that after being alone for a while, looking after others is scary," Tohru replied, "It's not-"
He stopped, taking a heavy breath.
Something’s wrong… I'm just sleep deprived, right? Why is it getting so hard to breathe?
His grip tightened over the arm of the couch as he tried to keep up appearances.
"Sorry, lost my train of thought there," he murmured, trying to cover himself.
"Tohru, you really don't seem okay." Levi said, sitting cross-legged on the floor opposite the couch. "You sure you're alright? Be honest, so we don't get into deep shit later when we have to move or fight."
"I'm gonna go get some fresh air," Tohru replied softly, avoiding answering Levi's question.
He was trembling a lot more significantly now, his legs shaking where he stood. Tohru walked outside on the porch and sat down on the edge, quick to avoid any further pressing from the people there.
As soon as he found silence, he was interrupted by the pounding of blood in his ears.
He tucked his knees up to his chest, trying to ride whatever he was feeling out, but it just became harder and harder to get a good breath.
Bean heard talking and helped lead Lilac over to the others as Luka followed. “Is everyone okay? Where’s Tohru?” Bean asked as Lilac tried to keep her balance. Luka led Lilac to the couch and sat her down on it. “He was here earlier,” Luka looked around.
"Mr. Tohru isn't feeling good…" Mori said, his eyes fixed on the wall that Tohru was on the other side of. "Is he gonna be okay, Uncle Levi?" He asked worriedly, glancing up at the man.
Kas looked between yet even more new people, sighing softly to himself. We have a lot of kids in this group, and I'm willing to bet they're probably not as competent as I am. That's a lot of dead weight.
(Just wanted y'all to know that someone thought Kas and Luka were cute and made a little doodle of them 😭)
(HHH MY HEART)
(They're so cute ;-;)
Quick painting of Tohru from this morning.
(Nice!)
(I have drawings of Levi but they're all from his other story)
(these are all amazing BTW)